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Banjo Hangout Newest 100 Songs
Newest 100 Songs banjo songs which Banjo Hangout members have uploaded to the website.
Episodes
Banjo Hangout Newest 100 SongsToelzer Schuetzenmarsch
Traditional March from Southern Bavaria composed for brass band, multitrack homerecording, all instruments played by myself, no backing tracks
Banjo Hangout Newest 100 SongsOld Dangerfield
A Bill Monroe composition can always be a challenge. Old Dangerfield isn't any old "fiddle tune." It has depth and complexity, and my effort here is…
Banjo Hangout Newest 100 SongsThe Old Blue Tick (RD Lunceford recording)
RD Lunceford saw our past Tune of the Week and kindly gave me permission to post his 1990's cassette recording of The Old Blue Tick, which is the title of…
Banjo Hangout Newest 100 SongsJimmy Shank (A)
My interpretation of the Old Time tune "Jimmy Shank," in the key of A. Source is fiddler Sam Dyer (TN).

Banjo Hangout Newest 100 SongsBoston Burglar
From the Harry and Jean West 1950's recording. I went with an old-time style of 3-finger picking and zeroed in on his vocals for a melody. The song also…
Banjo Hangout Newest 100 SongsAuld Lang Syne
Me playing Bill Keith's great 5-string banjo version of this tune - my favorite all time 5-string banjo player whom I met and hung out with several times…
Banjo Hangout Newest 100 SongsLa Bastringue / Greeg's Favorite (TOTW)
A welcome addition to TOTW to get a tune from afar presented with lots of old history that also lends itself to learning a reel and a jig.
Banjo Hangout Newest 100 SongsLa Bastringue
Reference recording for the tab posted--view my tabs here.
Banjo Hangout Newest 100 SongsGreegs Favorite (solo fiddle)
Source: James E. Frill?s Musick Book, p. 4` top, No. 9 Key - D

Banjo Hangout Newest 100 SongsPretty Little Girl
As played by the banjo of North Carolina's Fred Cockerham, he of course plays it faster and with even more slides, but it's as close to Round Peak as…
Banjo Hangout Newest 100 SongsBug in the Taters (TOTW)
The source recordings is Al Hopkins and the Buckle Busters from the 1920's. It's meant to be a pretty fast dance tune and has four parts.
Banjo Hangout Newest 100 SongsBug in the Taters
Reference recording for the tab posted--view my tabs here.


Banjo Hangout Newest 100 SongsLake Erie
As played by Tennessee fiddler John Sharp, I wouldn't have know I have Lake Erie on a CD by Bruce Molsky and Bob Carlin hiding under "John Sharp…

Banjo Hangout Newest 100 SongsDie in a Field of Battle - Ben Kiser
Reference recording for the tab posted--view my tabs here.
Banjo Hangout Newest 100 SongsSweet Nora Lee
Art Rosenbaum included Sweet Nora Lee in an album and a book subsequently tabbed. He played it in Seeger's up-picking style, but I arranged it for…
Banjo Hangout Newest 100 SongsWest Virginia Hornpipe
Here's a "barn burner" as played by WV fiddler Clark Kessinger, but more like a rocking chair when I play it. It sure has a range, so I turned to the…
Banjo Hangout Newest 100 SongsA Place I Hardly Know - The Dead South
Reference recording for the tab posted--view my tabs here.

Banjo Hangout Newest 100 SongsQue Sera, Sera
Reference recording for the tab posted--view my tabs here.
Banjo Hangout Newest 100 SongsBrent picking some Earl
Here is banjo friend and elite picker Brent Lamons picking Earl tunes on DA Enjoy
Banjo Hangout Newest 100 SongsThere is Fountain Jim Britton
Here is pro picker Jim Britton picking one of his signature tunes on DA
Banjo Hangout Newest 100 SongsHome Sweet Home on DA
Here is master picker and banjo friend Brent Lamons picking one of my favorite tunes on DA
Banjo Hangout Newest 100 Songs(Everybody Takes The) Pepsi Challenge
Reference recording for the tab posted--view my tabs here.
Banjo Hangout Newest 100 SongsOld Blue Tick
As played by August Merrill, Missouri fiddler, and collected by R.P. Christeson. Missouri tunes are often notey, and I suspect with more familiarity, I'd…
Banjo Hangout Newest 100 SongsEnd of the Weak - Swingin' Utters
Reference recording for the tab posted--view my tabs here.
Banjo Hangout Newest 100 SongsUNDER THE DOUBLE EAGLE
Banjo fans..Im posting an old recording (1985) of two tunes by Sousa. I recently found (its easy to loose things when you move a lot) this recording of the…

Banjo Hangout Newest 100 SongsLast of Harris
John Salyer's tune, played out of "Old-G" tuning. I pulled it out of another of my *.mp3's at the hangout: "Old G-athon" which has four other…
Banjo Hangout Newest 100 SongsWhisky Before Breakfast
I learned this beautiful arrangement from watching Dave Hum on YouTube. It is in the beautiful Double C tuning. I'm using a capo on the second fret, and on…
Banjo Hangout Newest 100 SongsWhisky Before Breakfast
I learned this beautiful arrangement from watching Dave Hum on YouTube. It is in the beautiful Double C tuning. I'm using a capo on the second fret, and on…
Banjo Hangout Newest 100 SongsParadise - John Prine - G tuning
Reference recording for the tab posted--view my tabs here.
Banjo Hangout Newest 100 SongsParadise - John Prine
Reference recording for the tab posted--view my tabs here.

Banjo Hangout Newest 100 SongsSally in the Garden
Reference recording for the tab posted--<a href='/tab/browse.asp?m=bymember&v=103904'>view my tabs here</a>.
Banjo Hangout Newest 100 SongsThe Golden Ticket
A modern composition of an old-timey tune. It's a bit challenging to play with its timing, but pleasant and lively. The "Golden Ticket" may have…
Banjo Hangout Newest 100 SongsTurning Island
Alternative title: Sketch after a Tune by Gautier d'Espinal
Banjo Hangout Newest 100 SongsJohn's Tune (TOTW)
As played by WV fiddler Ralph Roberts, recorded by Don Borchelt and Jimmy Triplett. John's Tune is short little tune and fun to hear and play. It's named…
Banjo Hangout Newest 100 SongsMoonshine vs Hartford with Gtr
A-B Cherokee Shuffle in G with guitar backup

Banjo Hangout Newest 100 SongsLightning Bug (TOTW)
Thanks to Carl Baron who has shared a tune he's performed often in a special place at a folk festival. I don't get to see these remarkable little scenes…
Banjo Hangout Newest 100 SongsLightning Bug
Reference recording for the tab posted--view my tabs here.
Banjo Hangout Newest 100 SongsLightning Bug - an audio tab
Description of how of how I play the tune. Banjo aDADe In D and G
Banjo Hangout Newest 100 SongsLightning Bug from Goschenhoppenn stage
Goschenhoppen Fiddlers playing on stage in 2011
Banjo Hangout Newest 100 SongsLightning Bug solo banjo carlb
Tune from Berks County. PA in aDAde. In two keys, D and G.

Banjo Hangout Newest 100 SongsWhen I First Came to This Land - G
Reference recording for the tab posted--view my tabs here.
Banjo Hangout Newest 100 SongsListen To The Music
Remix of this Doobie Brothers song to bring up the banjo in the mix
Banjo Hangout Newest 100 SongsScott No. 1 (TOTW)
Learned for clawhammer banjo from the playing of Missouri fiddler Bill Driver with some cello banjo accompaniment




Banjo Hangout Newest 100 SongsThe Wizard's Walk
A challenging piece for the Tune of the Week. I stuck with a chordal approach which I learned when studying bluegrass, and still use constantly.

